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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

rest without blow struck by any one
who scorned 1.-The bonds of a prison
house" after showing such utter disre
gard of the law? The jails of Pittsburg
are crowded and suspects are still
coming in. During the .'era of recon-
struction" Federal Judge in the South
would sign a number of blank warrants
these Deputy Marshal would take to
a quiet community and fill in with
names obtained from the first native he
met. This was considered wholesale
business. but it fades into insignificance
before the Pittsburg proceedings
How Robin Hood, in other days,
would have led these robbers to the
merry greenwood instead of the Jail!
But how full of picturesque incident is
the narrative even in the telegram
Think of wedding guests who were
found drinking punch from the commu-
MON service in blissful ignorance of the
sacrilege, Think of the innocent CON
ductor who had found bolt of velvet
i'm the fence-corner, and whose daugh-
ter had been presented with a dinner
service of solid silver! How Katharine
Green, and others of that ilk. will vex us
with detective stories on this absorbing
thpmpt
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
The Best Catch.
Savannah News.

The latest thing in the catching line is
C.. b. Blatt. A few days ago a score of
men climbed to the top of the Police Ga
zette building in New York to see this
wonderful catcher catch a twenty-five
pound cannon ball fired from a cannon
with half pound of powder. Mr.. Blatt
is a man of medium size. He has arms
as large and nearly as hard as the can
non, with green running gear, that stood
on the top of the building with its mouth
open toward Brooklyn. About two years
ago he began playing at ball with a can
non As pitcher. He catches the ball on
level with his face. and in one encounter
with the missile he wrecked a finger,
and, again, the ball mashed in his beard
less cOuntenance.
Mr.. Blatt first made the spectators look
down the gun To see that it had no spring
concealed in its mouth. Then a preli
minary charge of powder was turned
into it and fired off. after which Mr.. Blatt
took off his diamond and other incum-
ORANGES, mopped out the gun and turned
the cannon ball into the muzzle. The
ball is Al inches around the waist. A
charge of powder was put into the breech-
Loading cannon, and the spectators in the
front of the gun lodged behind a Chin
ney. Mr.. Harding stuffed pieces of cot
ton i'm his ears and took his place at the
stern of the gun. while MIR. Blatt went
out thirty feet from it and looked the
cannon square in the mouth. Fire"
said Blatt. Mr. Harding pulled the
string. the gun doomed, the ball sailed
gaily up and outward and Blatt caught
it. There was "A brief wrestle between
the missile and the man, and then the
man went down with badly bruised
finger and the ball escaped. Mr. Blatt
danced about the room in agony awhile
and then declared that he would have
another bout with the ball if IL would
kill him.
The cannon was again loaded. and the
catcher, with a bleeding hand braced
himself and shouted Fire" The can
non roared, not very ferociously; the ball
shot out. and plucky Mr. Blatt caught IT,
and held 1T. too. Then the spectators
applauded. and Mr.. Blatt's feat, like the
rich young favorite of husband hunters,
was declared the greatest catch of the
season.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
Their Wedding Trim.

American Magazine.
do You remember, love- said.
Our happy wedding trip!
The skies were bright then overhead
The cup of joy WAS at my lip.
And dear old natur. seemed Ia smilt.
when you and 1 went up the Nile.
DO you remember Cairo, dear,
With all its wondrot- sights:
Its beggars, picturesque and queer
It's clear bright days and moonlight niu hts
Said she: For Cairo l don't care,
We had our nrst quarrel there"
And Memphis. too" quic ky add
$50 mummified and tomby,
The very air. think. sad
Said she: 1T WAS not gloomy
To me. How could il he 80, when
We kissed and made up again.
"Ah, welI.' I said, Those dear old DAYS
never shall forget;
They hnxer in "A golden haze;
see the Thebian temples yet"
"Oh, Thebes." she said with abstract air,
Il lost my veil. new one, there"
What sights AT Luxor, far away;
What obeiisks and sphinxes;
What grand carved statues, old AMI gray,
What blac keyed Arab minxes ~
AT Luxor" said she, with "A sigh
II had "A cold, You had IA sty."
And Carnak. when the word is said.
l see that ancient land,
Before which | would bow my head
And stand with hat in hand"
"Carnaki" she murmured: 'let me see,
Twas there we lunched ON eggs and tea
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

The Pan Handle Rohha,.s

The jolly highwayman of old must
now disappear from Iterature-the
stand-and-deliver hero will now take ON
new form. Dick Turpin and Claude
Duvai have been outdone by these late
dlsciples of Mercury, even as the iron
horse would pass Black Bess on
the course. The nickel novelist will
henceforth portray bold thieves who
forswear allegiance TO the moon and
do their spiriting gently in 1.-The garish
light of day"
Is 1t not wonderful that such open
ROBBERY by such an army of employees
mould so long escape detection? Must
not the mysterious u. r. Dunlap who
directs all these operations be a very Ma
poieon among thieves? And is it not
more singular that such a number Of
armed men should submit quietly to ar
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
GOuld's Latest Stock Watering.
New York Herald.


Since the advent of Jay Gould tn con-
troll the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany its history has been an eventful
one He found it solvent, dividend
paying concern. To-day it has a doubled
capital stock, treasury stripped of its
salable assets, n mysterious ''construc-
ton account'-Mr. Gould's pet creation
a dividend.
The stockholders have been given no
information, and very little even of mis-
information, as To the conduct of the
company's affairs. Yesterday n large
further increase of stock and a prac-
tically unlimited issue of new bonds was
resolved upon. The vain efforts of a
stakeholder To get answers to some very
pertinent questions are related IN our
news columns. Gould's absence from
the meeting il very suggestive OF the
way the ostrich acts in emergencies
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

Among the letters read at the Anti
Coercion meeting in Washington, Thurs
day night, was one from the brilliant
Sunset Cox, member of Congress from
New York and late Minister to Turkey.
who summarizes the Coercion Bill pro-
posed by the Tory leaders as follows:
1T has come to pass on this afternoon
of the Nineteenth Century, when bills of
this kind can be rendered in Parliament
supposed to represent something of legis-
lative morality and justice, that bill
of this kind should suspend the great
writ of liberty; initiate a new system of
magistray, making them dependent for
their tenure and salary upon despotic
appointing power; outraging the Magma
Charter with its right of trial by jury of
the Vlcinage; fixing upon the very body
OF Ireland standing army to eat out the
substance of the people; and eclipsing
freedom wherever this hated power can
reach by infamous legislation"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

There is considerable talk about di-
viding Putnam, and the making of new
counties has been begun in the Legisla-
ture. The village of Melrose is in dis
agreeable position, we grant, but all the
division" talk centers there. So far as
we can learn, no citizen of Putnam de
slres to leave her except those in the i'm
mediate vicinity of Melrose. Why
could not that community go
solidiy into one of the other old
counties and do away with vexatious
lines in that way? We would welcome
our neighbors into Putnam or they could
go into Clay if they preferred to do so.
The progressed county of Santa Fe"
would have population so small that a
separate government would be burden
some,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

Ii is reserved for the Ocala Banner
ito doubt whether Gov. Drew made the
affidavit given in THE PALATKA NEWS"
because the spelling is not his" We
can't swear about the spelling, but Gov.
Drew made affidavit as published by us.
Does not the Banner suppose he would
have contradicted the report long ago if
it was untrue? Or was the Banner
yearning only to find anything on which
to hang doubt? Or did our contempt
rary feel surprised that THE PALArKA
NEWS should be twenty-four hours ahead
of the metropolitan dailies 2"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
THE DAILY NEWS

,r~ exeept Monday and delivered by carriers
in the city or mailed, postage free, 81 for three
months, ~ for six months. or " per annum-
column paper published every Friday, con.
tanning all the news of the week, local and
weperal It is the largest and handsomest
Weekiy paper published In Florida, and Will De
mailed postage free, for 81 year, or 10 cents
for six months Specimen copies Tree 10 any
address. -, -.
Local advertisements, ID cents per line Tor
urst insertion, and 10 cents per line for eacn
Ger line. Reduced rates on continued adver-
ttsements.
All advertising bills become due pro rata
every month. Special and short-time payable
In advance.
All remittances should be made by express,
money-order or registered letter.
Address, THE NEWs,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

We are glad to see that a committee
to investigate the operations of the
Okeechobee Drainage Company has
been already appointed, and is composed
of earnest members who will give the
matter careful thought. To meet pop
ular demand the Palatka News Publish
ing Company has issued the Report of
the Commissioners in neat pamphlet
and bound with it an editorial which
appeared in THE PALATKA NEWS ON
March urging a rigid investigation by
the Legislature in justice to all parties
concerned
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
Water Commissioner Murphy,

Water Commissioner Murphy, of
Hoboken, N. j., has held the office nine
teen years, and in all that time his ac-
counts have not been examined. y No
honest official objects to an examination
Of his accounts, so long as the mere over
hauling of his books does not in itself
imply suspicion, but the temptation
before man whose honesty is not rock
bedded, when no such examination is
made in nearly score of years, must
necessarily be great.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

We have heretofore believed that the
Times Union generally confined its false
statements to it's editorial columns. But
in advertising THE PALATKA NEWS for
sale Charleyjones has changed the scene
of his labors while keeping the same
mind STILL" However, if little Charley
thinks he can hurt us by free advertise
ments he is welcome to try the expert
ment. Meanwhile, The public is assured
that we are not sick enough to need
either sympathy or physic.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

The statistics of liquor drinking taken
from the Bureau of Statistics report,
which we publish on the first page, to-
day, are interesting in these Prohibition
times. Only one-tenth of the whisky
consumed in this country is employed in
medicine and i'm the arts, all the rest is
used as a beverage. The consumption
of spirits is steadily declining, that of
coffee. beer and wine increasing
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
EewsDaDer Zeal.

newspaper reporter at LeavenwOrth,
Kan, who made a few pungent Obser-
vatiOns about public affairs, was foOlishly
threatened with a coat of tar and feath-
ers. The Mayor, referring to it in n hui
morous speech said: Il am told that the
idea is not wholly Objectionable to him,
Of the process could only be written by
one who had experienced the sensation.
Such is professional zeal" A reporter
who would accept a coat of tar and
feathers with thanks for the opportunity
of describing the sensation is destined Ia
make his mark in journalism.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

Those interested in the making of new
counties will note that the committee
has reported favorably on the bill to d.
vide the county of Monroe. We believe
the bill makes the new line follow the
shore of the mainland and will give us an
island county,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

The Democratic caucus last night
afraid to abide the issue; they are anx-
ious to adjourn, and consider the passage
of a dilatOry motion a victory. They
are like the shy lover:
He either fears his fate too much,
Or his deserts are small,
Who dares not put it to the touch
And win or lose Ii ALL"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
The Edge OF q Boom.


1t seems that the influx Of Eastern peo-
pie, which has sent new currents pour
ing through the heretofore blinking life
OF our Southern neighbors, Is beginning
to find that all of California does not lie
to the south of Tehachipi. The return
ing wave touches us. The movement
has begun.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
Why He LOST.

Cant. Samuels. of the Dauntless, saws
his crew were not dry for a single mo
ment from the time they started out from
New York until they dropped anchor
in Cork harbor. To avoid ambiguity,
the cap'n should explain that the gallant
sailors We're kept wet by the salt sea
waves
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
Florida Is Serene.

When Bismarck said. You bed your
life there dond be no war dis year he
overlooked these county seat contests,
and had not heard of the aching cdsus
beIli under our Northern and Southern
citrus BELTS
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
An Overhead Cheekrein,


Between the lines of election returns
from Michigan may be read the lesson
that honest submission to high license
law il the only thing that can keep the
Prohibition vote from being bigger than
Ill the other fellows together.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
Who Is Guilty.


Monticello JonsfltutlOn-
The preponderation of evidence, there
fore, Is against Mr. Chas- III. Jones-that
he started and gave currency to the
charges, and which were false in every
particular.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
PALATKA. FLA. APRIL 10. 1887.

A bill providing the payment OF
the capitation tax as prerequisite to SUI
frage is arousiug considerable discussion
i'm the Legislature.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16


The great Abyssinian chief Ras Alula
is at present person of much interest
to the Italians. and the Riformd is pub
fishing a sketch of his life, i'm the course
of which it is stated that he is the son of
Abyssinian peasants. He was born about
45 years ago i'm the village of Pamaka.
near Mekalle, and served for many years
as groom under the uncle of the Negus
Ras Area. Later on he became Master
of the Wardrobe at Court, and married
the daughter Of Ras Area, who died not
long after the marriage. He then rose
to the rank of Chamberlain, and was
finally made Governor of Tigre, with the
title of Ras. Ras Alula is of middle
height, has chOcolate-cOlOred skin and
thin face. but is otherwise rather stout.
He never laughs, talks slowly, is polite
to strangers, but naughty to interiors.
His orders are only given once. If they
are not executed he horsewhips his ser
wants. As a rule he wears "A white cot
ton shirt and trousers. A red feZ covers
his clOse-cut hair. On special occasions
he wears a red silk shirt. the robe of the
Governor. He is an excellent hOrseman.
and IL will be difficult to find an Alb
yssinian who bears the hardships of trav-
cling better than he. He accompanies
the Negus barefOOted on all his tours,
and never shows sign of fatigue. Hav-
ing had no education, he can neither
| write nor read, but is very intelligent
and cunning. but pious and superstitious
withal. His avarice is extreme; he takes
everywhere and gives nowhere. Where
ever he goes he takes everything he can
| Law hold of On his marches he is ac-
cOmpanied by his servants. who carry
his wine, made of honey. Ras Alula is
| fond of women, but tries to conceal that
| fact. One of the many AbyssiniaI
poems in his honor runs thus:
He is AS fair an angel
| And strong n lion,
| Swift-foOted as IA leopard,
sly as a fox,
| Wise n Solomon,
Generous King,
1 Is most valiant of all"
The King has promised him the crown
of Kassala, if he can earn it. Eight Gen
erals fight under him. His daughter Is {
| good and beautiful woman, who has pro
| tected Count Salimbeni and his compan
| ion. and it is due to her influence tha
they have not been killed.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

TUCSON, ATl-- SIaf.
Just think of il, A code of La ws made
in forty days, and the book costs $40.
That beats Blackstone, and Arizona
beats the world in law-making and spec
ulation
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

Louisville Courier-Journal.
The falling of the Roman amphitheater
at POla, in Illyria. into a chasm which
suddenly opened in the earth, puts an
end to all real estate booms i'm that an
Gent town, and it is likely to do no one
any good.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16

TlmeS-G Mon
Mr.. Dougherty was perfectly willing
to make affidavit to the statements con-
tanned in his letter, but it was not con-
sidered necessary. So Of Governor Blox-
ham,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
Companions I'm Misery.

Galveston News.
Mr.. Holman Is very friendly To Mr..
Randall Mr. Randall needs friends, and
SO does MIR. Holman.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
BANKERS.

Accounts OF banks. Bankers and Corpor-
atIOns solicited.
Our facilities for COLLECTIONS are excel
lent and re-discount for Banks when bal
ances war; mt IL.
Boston Ia a Reserve City, md ba lances with
Us from Banks mot located in other Reserve
Cries. count reserve.
We draw our own Exchange or London and
the Continent. and n abe Gable transfers and
place money by telegraph throughout the
United States and Canada.
Government Bonds bought and sold AMI
Exchanges in Washing ton made for banks
without { Itra chsrHe.
We have a marx et Tor prime first-class In
vestment Securities, and invite protosaI L.
from States, Counties and Cities " hen issuing
bonds.
We do a gens raj Banking business, and TO-
vite core. pondence.
ASA 2. POTTER. President.
JOS. W. WORK. Cashier.
Satin
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-05-05

A new sort Of cremation, or rather in.
%cineration, has been produced by a gas
engineer Of M~onongahela, by which it is
said the solid and volatile portions Of
bodies are separated, the former into a
mummy of coke and the latter into gas.
The remains are not reduced to ashes, but
will be returped to friends, to stand up in
the corner or keep in any shape that their
tastes may prefer. A dog was killed and
brought 10 the gas works, and the retort
being heated TO the proper degree, the body
was showed in and the caps screwed on.
The gas gauge was watched and il was
found that while the dog was incinerated
he made $50 feet Of gas. In the course Of
a couple Of hours the retort was opened.
The frame Of the dog was whole, being
formed into a perfect piece of coke, which
could he handled with no more danger Of
breaking than an ordinary piece Of cooked
coal, and when removed but a very slight
odor was emitted from the retort.-Chi.
cago Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-05-05
Tapeworm In the Human Body.

II is estimated that in the human body
no less than ten species of tapeworm oc-
cur. A matur tapeworm in the intestinal
canal may give rise to a series Of symp-
toms including vertigo, noises in the ears,
impairment of sight, itching of the nose,
dyspepsia and loss Of appetite, collie and
pains in different parts of the abdomen,
palpitation, the sensation of weight in the
abdomen, pains and lassitude in the limbs
and emaciation. Numerous cases are
on record in which hysterical fits,
epilepsy, commissions Of various kinds,
and even mania, have been induced by
the irritation excited by this parasite, and
have ceased at once on its removal. Tape
worms are introduced TO the human body
in measly underdone pork, in underdone
veal, and in UNDERGONE beef. When
vegetables are fortified by sewage, tape
worm ova adhere 10 them, and n common
form Of introduction to the system is by
means Of salads. II takes a great deal Of
washing TO render lettuce safe that has
been grown in this way. Thorough cook.
ing Of everything, water included, is the
only safeguard against tape worm.-Her-
aid Of Health.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-05-05
The Old Types OF LoyeIIpess.

The French r~ealists, the arbiters Of
literary fashion, don't make their hero
ines beautiful any more. That Is com.
monplace, they say. Instead, they have
them ~changeful eyed and swift and
white and half perverse," with sudden,
serpentine movements and an exciting
ferocity Of disposition. What with our
passion tossed French cousins and our
bucolic English sisters, all run TO size. the
duty Of preserving the old types Of love.
illness falls on us. We should have special
preserves for IT, as we have for the buffa-
Ices in the Yellowstone park and rs they
do for salmon at Tadousac. Eliza Put
nam Heaton.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-05-05
A New Source Of Sugar.

~ SeW roufVs u E"hss'
A report from the east which is
Of great importance, II true. Ii Is that
there has been discovered in British
India q blossom Of such saccharine prop
rrties that il Is destined TO revoiutionize
the sugar business Of the world. II is the
flower OF the mahwa or NICOLA, a tree of
large size which abounds in the southern
portion of Hindustan. This blossom has
. sweet taste aud yields one-half its
weight In sugar. The Hindoos have for a
long period been accustomed 10 extract a
syrup from the mahwa's flowers, but in
the most primitive fashion, without at
tempting TO develop q process. The tree,
Il Is stated, demands neither care nor cul-
tivation. 1t produces annually a thou
sand pounds n Of blossoms, which IL sheds
during the night. The ~saccharine matter
Is also serviceable for a spurious liquor
and for an oil which may be used for both
lighting and food. II this wonderful re-
port is correct, IL may be seen ut a glance
what "A disastrous competition the mahwa
is likely TO make with existing sugar in
dustries.
The best West India plantations pro-
duce 800 pounds per aspent zone and
Cne-quarter acres, and the French and
German sugar beet farms do not equal
this amount. But 1t is claimed that
the blossoms of five mahwa trees will
yield the same amount, a statement not
consistent with the reported weight Of the
bloom, which, however, must be an error,
From 200 To 250 trees can be grown upon
an aspent, from which it results that the
crop of sugar, will be from forty TO fifty
times greater per acre Of land than that OF
the sugar cane The English speaking
Hindoo press is already urging the govern
ment to take steps for making this new
sugar industry a monopoly, so far as pos
ible.-Grocers' Criterion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-05-05
An Interesting War Album.

in the state department at Washington
there is an album that was intended for
some Oriental p~otentate, but never was
sent. II contains the portraits Of all the
Union generals as they were at the open
ing Of the war;; A gaunt, black haired
Mcclellan; a thin, black headed, boyish
Hancock; a Grant you would not know nj
all, and a very youthful Sherman. But
the portrait Of Gen. Dan Sicklcs in that
book is a portrait Of Gen. Sickles Of to-
day, minus the crutches with which he Is
forever accompanied. Whether he has a
barber call upon him every morning or
not do not know.-Julian Ralph's Letter.